Printed Circuit Boards for a Carotid Artery Occlusion Screening Device

Client:

CVR Global, Inc., a medical devices company

Project:

CVR Global developed a diagnostic device for the early detection of carotid arterial blockage, but the device needed more than 20 minutes to run the algorithm required to analyze the data. The company also wanted to significantly improve the speed and accuracy of that analysis.

Results:

RightHand Technologies developed three printed circuit boards for the diagnostic device: an acceleration board, which greatly increased the execution of the data analysis algorithm and reduced the analysis time to less than one minute; a sensor board, which accurately captured the sounds coming from the carotid arteries and the heart; and an audio data board, which gathered the audio data, converted it from analog to digital, and transferred the results to a computer. The system functions as desired, units are currently in clinical trials at hospitals and the client is applying for the agency approvals needed to bring the product to market.